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Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres NHL Predictions

2024-10-28 • KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres 2 - 5 Florida Panthers
🚨 Upset Loss (59% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
BUF: 58.7%
FLA: 41.3%
Expected Goals
BUF: 3.27
FLA: 2.78
Total Goals
Median: 6.1
Over 5.5: 54%
Over 6.5: 42%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

BUF
Alex Lyon - 20-10-4 | 0.906 SV% | 2.77 GAA
FLA
Sergei Bobrovsky - 27-23-1 | 0.877 SV% | 3.07 GAA
StatBUFFLA
Season SV%0.9060.888
Last 5 SV%0.8470.860
SV% vs Opponent0.9510.851
GAA2.822.80
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 55% • BUF at home vs FLA: 2-3
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-02-27FLA 2 - 3 BUFBUFFLA
2026-02-02FLA 3 - 5 BUFBUFFLA
2026-01-12BUF 3 - 4 FLAFLAFLA
2025-10-18BUF 3 - 0 FLABUFFLA
2025-04-12FLA 3 - 2 BUFFLAFLA

⚡ In-Game Win Probability

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 0:00 20:00 40:00 60:00 In-Game Win Probability Home Win Probability Game Time (minutes)

Goals

PeriodTimeTeamScorer
111:01FLAGoal
111:56FLAGoal
210:45FLAGoal
212:37BUFGoal
216:44FLAGoal
314:35FLAGoal
315:43FLAGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 58.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.0
Score Breakdown
Buffalo Sabres 2 - 5 Florida Panthers
Expected: 3.3 - 2.8